Swimming at the Aquatics FINA World Championships 2022

[AsensioWillemsen 176]

I don't feel the thrill for this worlds that I usually do. Maybe it is because of the absence of some top tier swimmers because of stuff like the CWG, but I just don't feel it after the eight win for another swimmer from . It just doesn't help.

 

Besides Popovici, Milak, Marchand and maybe McIntosh there is little for me to remember. Ceccon had a nice WR and that was a fun change of pace, and the 100 Breaststroke W was a GREAT race, but there have been too many duds and swims where I just don't really know part of the field even in a final.

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17 minutes ago, AsensioWillemsen said:

I don't feel the thrill for this worlds that I usually do. Maybe it is because of the absence of some top tier swimmers because of stuff like the CWG, but I just don't feel it after the eight win for another swimmer from . It just doesn't help.

 

Besides Popovici, Milak, Marchand and maybe McIntosh there is little for me to remember. Ceccon had a nice WR and that was a fun change of pace, and the 100 Breaststroke W was a GREAT race, but there have been too many duds and swims where I just don't really know part of the field even in a final.

Yeah, it has been a downbeat champs.  Better next time when everyone is more focussed pre-Paris.

[JoshMartini007 2,843]

It's been a combination of Australia (and to a lesser extent Great Britain) focusing on the Commonwealth Games, Russia's ban and the general downward trend of China that has allowed the United States to dominate these championships.

[Mkbw50 475]

Fix the stream !!!

[Grassmarket 4,265]

Woohoo! Gold at last!  Great job, Ben!   

[Monzanator 5,093]

Wasick 24,11 in 50m free SF. Maybe we can get a medal here?

[Grassmarket 4,265]

Busy hour for Sarah Sjöstrom.  
 

17:05 - Wins a Final

17:20 - Wins a Semi

17:40 - Medal Ceremony

17:55 - Rescues child from collapsing building.

 

Rest of it was just sitting round watching TV, though.

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Sarah 

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didn't finish 4th in men's 100m Fly

[Quasit 955]

Totally not on my radar that Ponti won bronze in 100m Butterfly in Tokyo.